Rishi Advani
Research Assistant at University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolRishi Advani is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago with a decade of experience applying algorithms, machine learning, and data science to social-good problems such as misinformation, fairness, and inequality. He combines theoretical training in high-dimensional methods and pseudorandomness with practical NLP and generative-model work from research at Cornell, producing interpretable analyses of curricula and scalable approaches to misinformation detection. As a graduate instructor for Algorithms I and a past intern/project manager, he pairs rigorous research with clear teaching and product-minded engineering. Rishi’s work spans from random-projection tools for large-scale linear algebra to applied topic modeling, reflecting a rare comfort moving between abstract theory and deployed systems. Based in Chicago, he is driven by using computing to shape more equitable information ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Illinois ChicagoBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Mathematics at Cornell UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at AMSA Charter School
Spanish, Hindi, English
Stackoverflow
337reputation
169kreached
8answers
3questions
Github Skills (45)
python10
statistics10
science10
computer-science10
data-science9
javascript9
scikit9
machine-learning9
scikit-learn9
tex9
latex9
react9
data-analysis9
documentation8
ide8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rishi1999/chaotic-click
Nov 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 17 commits, 6 pushes in 3 years 5 months
rishi1999/designtogether
Oct 2018 - May 2021
a collaborative drawing app
Contributions:1 release, 42 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 8 months
collaborative-drawingcollaborativewhiteboarddrawing-appux-design
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